Klarinet Archive - Posting 000856.txt from 2000/06

From: "Gregory Smith" <Gregory@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb solos
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:18:43 -0400

Ken,

I'm afraid that this is not possible. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Eb
clarinetist is John Yeh. A large Eb clarinet cadenza of this kind would have
been played by him or another member of the section, not an extra (or
substitute) player with the orchestra. Although I do not remember performing
this work at Carnegie in my 16 years with the orchestra, I could assure you
that the personnel was slightly different than you mention. Do you remember
what year or span of years that you heard the piece?

Gregory Smith
Clarinet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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From: <MVinquist@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Eb solos

> Hans Werner Henze's "Heliogabolus Imperator" has a big cadenza for Eb. I
> heard the New York premiere by the Chicago Symphony several years ago,
when,
> I believe, Julie DeRoche played it. However, the piece is a
monstrosity --
> an hour long, calling for maybe 120 players, and not a note of music in
it,
> even in the Eb cadenza.
>
> Ken Shaw
>
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